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d it the next morning like it was a curse. But I

as a t

that reeked of entitlement and danger. His black tailored suit clung like sin, and

repeated, stepping further i

dy stiffene

against my chest. My heart beating i

ew each

ted eac

amien said, voice cool b

for a breathless second, I felt

ng in the disheveled sheets, the collar around my throat, the fading blu

ed. "Int

cise. Controlled rage. He placed

off l

s anymore, Damien. Not with her

se stu

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but he didn't respo

neva was...

uel now. "Has he told you the truth yet? About wha

hard, sittin

Damien said. "The rest i

doesn't kn

ing on his lips. "She'll come to me, Damien. They al

ke that, he

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damage r

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mpossible to ignore. I wanted to hunt him down,

bigger pro

eet still clutched to her chest. Her ey

aybe

to rattle y

slowly. "

meant to keep her away from Julian. From

nderestim

d

ed in Geneva

cou

flatly. "One that

ian

u doubt me. He's not interested in truth

then stood, the sheet slipping s

t signed up for, Damien? Or am I sup

n her voice. The dis

t just a

ne I'd dragge

ouching the collar still

me," I said. "But the world I live in-it has p

r chin. "And

dn't

urs. And I prot

-

nica

day was

that wrapped around the mansion like fog. Damien van

ind woul

atever past they s

note arrived

t Wing. Do no

the ink burned

it a

ini

to remember who I was before Damien. A w

, I slip

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ca

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ny things, but passiv

ike she had something to prove.

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been fully

she was stil

said, stepping ou

rms. "I didn't ag

thinks you belong to him

y did you really c

, lowering my vo

u. You're not like the others. He'll ruin you trying to mak

eath c

o

eneva ended up in a hospital for si

at me, li

don't be

my breath aga

. Let me show you what it's li

dn't s

didn't

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room with my he

was still o

n't put i

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n was right a

what Damien

sn't sure who I co

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